Saman, 8, checks a compass on his father's smartphone in a ballroom at the San Diego Convention Center to make sure he's facing east. Thousands of Muslims knelt in the direction of Mecca for prayers celebrating the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

Language students from Saudi Arabia, from left, Rakan Alkhallan, Abuthamirah Abdulmajeed and Muteb Alotaibi check out pictures of their friends after prayers at the San Diego Convention Center marking the end of Ramadan.